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by Francis Lieber, United States. War Department
Full title
A Code for the Government of Armies in the Field, as authorized by the laws and usages of war on land.
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2016-12-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1800–1872
A German-born scholar who remade his life in the United States, he became one of the 19th century's most influential writers on law, politics, and civil liberty. He is especially remembered for shaping the "Lieber Code," a landmark guide to the laws of war during the American Civil War.
View all booksA historic government publisher rather than a single writer, this name appears on military reports, orders, and official compilations produced by the former U.S. War Department. These works offer a direct window into how the department recorded policy, operations, and administration.
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